Laura Mara Tablón, was born on December 3rd, 1979. Lawyer, filmmaker and film producer.
At the beginning of her career, she joined as a partner to the film company DOMENICA FILMS, and with Pepe Salvia, she produced films such as “El día trajo la oscuridad” (“Darkness by day”) and “María y el Araña” (“Maria and Spider”).
In 2015, with Maríapaula Rithner, she founded RITA CINE, an audiovisual film company focused on auteur movies and telling unique stories across the world.
In 2017, she produced the film “Vendrán lluvias suaves” (“There will come soft rains”) by Iván Fund, which was awarded in the Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2018, with the Special Prize of the Jury in the International Competition.
Also in 2017, she won the INCAA Opera Prima Contest with the project “Mamá, mamá, mamá” (“Mum, Mum, Mum”) by Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière, which she produced with her film company Rita Cine and coproduced by Bomba Cine. This film was shot in 2019 with an entirely female team and cast.
In 2018, she embarked on a new challenge, co-directing with Florencia de Mugica, the documentary “La excusa del Sueño Americano” (“The excuse of the American Dream”). The film is about the relationship between Florencia and her mother, exiled in Miami since her daughter’s adolescence. The project won the INCAA 2017 Project Incubator Contest, participated in the Arché 2018 Laboratory in DocLisboa Festival and had its premiere at the BAFICI 2019 Argentine Competition, winning the 1st Sound Mention.
Towards the end of 2018 she was selected as a jury of the INCAA Opera Prima Contest.
In 2018 and 2019, she won two INCAA Contests with the projects “Piedra Noche” (“Dusk Stone”) and “Emi”, by directors Iván Fund and Ezequiel Erriquez, respectively.
In 2019 she completed the shooting of four feature films: “Mamá, mamá, mamá”, “Weekend”, “Piedra Noche” and “La Crecida” (The flood).
She actively participates in APIMA (film producers association).
At the beginning of 2020, the film “Mamá, mamá, mamá”, produced by her film Company Rita Cine, was released at the 70º Berlinale Edition in the Generation K Plus Competition and awarded with the Special Mention of the Jury.
Soon, she will present three films in San Sebastian Film Festival. The film “Nosotros nunca moriremos” (We will never die) from Eduardo Crespo will have its premiere in the Official Competition. “Mamá, mama, mama” will have its Spanish Premiere in Horizontes Latinos Section. And also, the film “Piedra Noche”, from Iván Fund, will be screened in the WIP LATAM Competition in the same film festival.
RELEASED FILMS:
2020: “Mamá, mamá, mamá (Mum, mum, mum)”, Fiction. Director: Sol Berruezo Pichon- Rivière. Produced by Rita Cine & Bomba Cine. Winner of INCAA Opera Prima Contest 2017. Premiered at Berlinale Generation K Plus 2020, Special Mention of the Jury.
2020 “Nosotros nunca moriremos” (“We will never die”),Fiction. Director: Eduardo Crespo. Produced by Eduardo Crespo- Santiago Loza- Rita Cine & Primera Casa. To be premiered in the Official Section of the San Sebastian Film Festival.
2019: “La excusa del Sueño Americano (The excuse of the American Dream)”, Documentary. Directors: Florencia de Mugica, Laura Mara Tablón. Coproduction: Argentina- Germany. Produced by Laura Mara Tablón & Rita Cine. Coproduced by Kristina Konrad & Weltfilm. Winner of Incubator of Projects INCAA 2017. Arché 2018 Laboratory DocLisboa Festival. Premiere at BAFICI 2019 Argentine Competition. Winner of the 1st Sound Mention.
2019: “Cerro Quemado”, Documentary. Director: Juan Pablo Ruiz. Produced by Insomnia Films & Rita Cine. Premiere at Cracow Int. Film Festival 2019.
2018: “Vendrán lluvias suaves (There will come soft rains)”, Fiction. Director: Iván Fund. Produced by Laura Mara Tablón, Rita Cine & Insomnia Films. Premiere at International Competition of Mar del Plata Film Festival 2018. Winner of Special Jury Award.
2016: “La ciudad de las réplicas” (“The city of replicas”), Documentary. Director: Belina Zavadisca. Produced by Rita Cine. Premiere at BAFICI 2016.
2016: “El limonero real” (“The Royal Lemon Tree”, based on the novel from Juan José Saer), Fiction. Director: Gustavo Fontán. Produced by Insomnia Films. Premiere at FIC Valdivia 2016. Role: Executive Producer.
2015: “Cómo ganar enemigos” (“How to win enemies”), Fiction. Director: Gabriel Lichtmann. Produced by Domenica Films. Premiere at BAFICI 2015. International Premiere: Montreal International Film Festival 2015.
2014: “Tras la pantalla” (“Behind the screen”), Documentary. Director: Marcos Martínez. Produced by Domenica Films. Premiere at BAFICI 2015. International Premiere: La Habana International Film Festival 2015.
2014: “Ochentaisiete” (“Eighty-seven”), Fiction. Directors: Daniel Andrade- Anahí Hoeneisen. Coproduction: Ecuador- Argentina. La Maquinita- Domenica Films. Programa Ibermedia- Hamburg Film Fund- Selected for WIP SANFIC 2012, WIP Guadalajara Construye 2013- International Premiere: Cine Barranquilla 2016.
2014: “Torino”, Documentary. Director: Agustín Rolandelli. Produced by Tatooine- Domenica Films. Premiere at BAFICI 2014.
2013: “María y el Araña” (“Maria and Spider”), Fiction. Director: María Victoria Menis. Coproduction: Argentina- France- Ecuador. Domenica Films- Echo Films- La Maquinita. Fonds Sud Cinema 2010- Premiere at Malaga International Film Festival 2014.
2013: “El día trajo la oscuridad” (“Darkness by day”), Fiction. Director: Martín Desalvo. Produced by Domenica Films. Selected for Berlinale Market 2011. Best WIP Mar del Plata 2012- Premiere at BAFICI 2013. International Premiere: Rotterdam International Film Festival. Best director in Fantaspoa 2014.
2012: “A la deriva” (“Adrift”), Fiction. Director: Fernando Pacheco. Produced by Domenica Films. Premiere at Montreal International Film Festival 2012.
2012: “El Notificador” (“The Notifier”), Fiction. Director: Blas Eloy Martínez. ProducedbyDomenica Films. Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse, Cinéma en Construction 2011. International Premiere at La Habana International Film Festival 2011.
2011: “El circuito de Román” (“Roman’s circuit”), Fiction. Director: Sebastián Brahm.Coproduction: Chile- Argentina. Escala Humana- Domenica Films. Hubert Bals Fund Development- CORFO Chile Development- Programa Ibermedia Production Fund- Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2011. Special Prize of the Jury in FIC Valdivia 2011.
2010: “Cuento Chino, Clasista y Combativo” (“Chinese, Class and Combative Tale”), Documentary. Director: Pepe Salvia. Produced by Domenica Films. Released in 2010. Chinese, Class and Combative Tale.
2009: “El último verano de la Boyita” (“The last summer of La Boyita”), Fiction. Director: Julia Solomonoff. Coproduction: Argentina- Spain- France. Domenica Films- Travesia Producciones- El Deseo- Epicentre Films. Premiere at BAFICI 2009. International Premiere at San Sebastian International Film Festival 2009. Role: Production Coordination.
IN POST PRODUCTION:
“La crecida” (“The Flood”), Fiction. Director: Ezequiel Erriquez. Produced by Rita Cine. Coproduced by Bomba Cine & Insomnia Films. Selected by Raymundo Gleyzer INCAA- Binger Film Lab- Buenos Aires Biennial- Málaga Latam WIP 2020, Post Production Sound Award.
“Piedra Noche” (“Dusk Stone”), Fiction. Director: Iván Fund. Coproduction: Argentina- Chile. Produced by Laura Mara Tablón, Rita Cine & Insomnia Films. Coproduced by Globo Rojo Producciones. Winner of INCAA Contest and Ibermedia Program. Selected in WIP LATAM San Sebastian Film Festival 2020.
“Weekend”, Fiction. Director: Agustín Rolandelli. Produced by Rita Cine. Coproduced by Bomba Cine.
“Caballo Negro” (“Black Horse”), Documentary. Director: Ezequiel Erriquez. Produced by Laura Mara Tablón & Rita Cine. Post Production Award in FIDBA WIP 2018.
“Irán” (Iran), Documentary. Director: Florencia de Mugica. Selected in the 2nd Workshop Ideas 2016 from Ibermedia Program and Talents Buenos Aires 2016.
IN PRE PRODUCTION:
“Emi”, Fiction. Director and Scriptwriter: Ezequiel Erriquez. Produced by Laura Mara Tablón & Rita Cine. Winner of INCAA Contest. Shooting scheduled for October 2021.
“La Mujer Hormiga (The Ant Woman)”, Fiction. Director: Adrián Suárez, Betania Cappato. Script by Iván Fund, Adrián Suárez.
Produced by Iván Fund, Laura Mara Tablón & Rita Cine. Shooting scheduled for May 2021.
IN DEVELOPMENT:
“Nuestros días más felices” (Our happiest days), Fiction. Director and Scriptwriter: Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière.
“Nadie, nada, nunca” (No one, nothing, never), Fiction. Director and Scriptwriter: Gustavo Fontán. Adaptation of Juan José Saer’s novel.
“Mailin”, Documentary. Director and Scriptwriter: María Silvia Esteve. Produced by Laura Mara Tablón & Rita Cine.
“Nebulosa” (Nebula), Documentary. Directors: Juan Pablo Ruiz & Martín Masetti. Scriptwriter: Juan Pablo Ruiz. Produced by Insomnia Films & Rita Cine.
“Dies Irae”, Fiction. Director and Scriptwriter: Ezequiel Erriquez. Produced by Laura Mara Tablon & Rita Cine.
“Parapentista” (Paraglider), Fiction. Director and Scriptwriter: Agostina Guala. Produced by Rita Cine.
SHORT FILMS AND OTHERS:
2017: “Negros famosos (Famous black people)”, Short film. Directed and written by Agostina Guala. Produced by RITA CINE. Fondo Nacional de las Artes 2016 Award. International Premiere at Biarritz Film Festival 2017.
2017: “Ex o se hacen (My ex girlfriends)”, Web series. Directed and written by Agustín Rolandelli. Produced by RITA CINE. Winner INCAA Development Web Series 2016.
2015: “Los días felices (The happy days)”, Short film. Directed and written by Agostina Guala. Role: Direction assistant. Best Short film BAFICI 2016.
2013: “Cuchipanderos”, Short film. Directed and written by Agostina Guala. Role: Casting.
2011: “La vieja de atrás” (“The old woman at the back”), Fiction. Director: Pablo José Meza. Coproduction: Argentina- Brazil. Cinematres- Domenica Films- Panda Films. Programa Ibermedia Production Fund- Premiere at Huelva International Film Festival 2010.
2009: “Silencios” (“Silences”), Fiction. Director: Mercedes García Guevara. Produced by Guevara Films- Domenica Films. Released in 2009. Role: Executive Production Assistant.
2008:“Lacámara oscura” (“Camera Obscura”), Fiction. Director: María Victoria Menis. Coproduction: Argentina- France. Todo Cine- Sophie Dulac. Released in 2008. Role: Executive Production Assistant.